It’s good that they specifically addressed the lack of acceleration at 50mph. That’s the only time I felt I could have done with more HP on the motorway. The problem is that this is a very minor change. Everyone wants CCS. And really, the whole car is old now and is due a total redesign.

I mentioned it previously and this hasn’t done enough to ch…[Read more]

Presumably this is CCS only so Renault have to show a new production EV in Geneva with CCS. The Zoe is an old car with a new battery and an old charging standard. If they don’t do something quickly then they’ll be caught by Hyundai, Kia and everyone else. They have had a dominant market position in Europe but it’s slowing down and they could easil…[Read more]

Presumably this is CCS only so Renault have to show a new production EV in Geneva with CCS. The Zoe is an old car with a new battery and an old charging standard. If they don’t do something quickly then they’ll be caught by Hyundai, Kia and everyone else. They have had a dominant market position in Europe but it’s slowing down and they could easil…[Read more]

It’s good to see companies actually pushing ahead much faster than any of the UK charge networks, but why couldn’t they also be on or near motorways? It’s not like Ionity are going to be able to do it by themselves. They’re going to be sharing motorway services space with ecotricity and Tesla anyway.

No new chargers in Worthing for about 2 years. The local amusement park place has two lit up posts with 3 pin plugs. I doubt anyone has ever used them or will ever use them. But hey, it makes them look progressive right.

But surely that is already a problem since they introduced the system where you pay for the energy rather than the purely time based system.

I know the connection fee put off some people but I don’t think it’ll make too much difference. I hope not anyway. There is definitely a possibility that PHEVs could overwhelm the rapid charge network. But…[Read more]

My 2 year PCP on the old battery Zoe ends in September. Should I contact my dealer now then to make sure I can get a 200 mile one in time? Seems a bit ridiculous but I don’t want to be stuck without a car.

Ecotricity emailed us to say they’re automatically switching us to this new tariff because we already applied for the EV discount which they’ve offered up until now. I definitely think this is a good move for everyone and it is easier to understand than the old discount was.

It’s good that they’ve removed the £3 charge. But for current customers, do we have to change to the Rolec plan to keep the discount on rapid charging? It doesn’t seem that clear but I’ll have to look at their site later and see if that makes it easier to grasp.

I love the look of the Roadster but 1.9 to 60 should be locked to track use because it’s way too dangerous for public roads. I’ve said the same thing about any of the P something D cars. No one really needs to accelerate faster than 4 or 5 seconds. It’s an unpopular thing to say when everyone is caught up in the more speed thing, but someone needs…[Read more]

It’s good to see this because quite a few of the stations are in areas where there are no 7kw and above chargers. Or at least none on the major networks that I use. So this is filling some sizeable gaps in the public network. And that’s something that is hugely important.